Machine for sorting and stacking book matcbes



oct' 2551927 A. sHMYRoFF ET AL HAGHIN FOR SORTING AND STACKING BOOK MATCHES F1-16d Apru 429. 1925- 5 sheets-sheet 1 m w Q Oct. 25,1927. 1,646,710`

l A. sHMYRor-F ET AL MACHINE FOR SOR'IIIIGV AvND STACKING BOOK MATCHES Filed April 29.19.25l s'sneet'sasheet 2 A. -sHMYRor-F ET AL MACHIE AFOR SOTING AND STACKING' BOOK MATCHES Filed April 29, 192s l .ssneets-'sneet 4- I ,ft/yf 4 1 s4 11 o1. z5,19z7. AVSHMYROFF ET AL 6, 0

MACHIN- FOR SORTING AND STACKING BOOK MATCHES Filed April 29. 1925 5 Sassie-sheet 5 YANDREW SHMYEOEF; or :KEW GARDENS, 'ANDv :crire Eoeos'novisiy ANDJEN'EEE, gf

roN'MaTcifI co1, iNe., 0E LONG ISIJaNDfc'iimit,v

0E NEW YoEK, 1N. YQ; assIeNoRs To v i Y NEW YORK, A' CoEPo'EaTI'oN oF NEW YORK@ e A VMACHINE EOE. soETINGANDsfsTACNiNG-LEQK.MATCES Y' v-applicatinfma April 29.11925;l serial No. 26,794.1?!g-.

This" invention isfia machine, Sorting andstacking book matches; theob'ject ofthe i inyention being, generally stated, teproifideg an .apparatue which maybe associated with i., ia -match making machine lnsuch manner as A,to receive book matches 'from Such machine,

and, after discarding'fthe defective: matches i will stack thepijoduct otthelmatch making ually accomplished and' has-Iequirecbcon'-c ysiderable,manuallabor.L InVHfactgithree or j four.- girls-jhave' usually been employed iin 30 the stacking of lsuoli matches and packaging machine; and' feed the4 Stacked'matches, into Van acceSfsibleV position' Vfor I convenienti manual removal from the machine, Wherebythe thus stacked matches A,can k.he readily vpackaged in' fsuitable boxes forthetrade.l

IIt has heretofore beenthev practic'eto disv. f charge the book niatchesjdirectly frointhev machine 'inWhich they arefmadeinto afSuitw Y able container from'which they aleremoved' manually and after beingm'anually stacked (are placed inzboXesl forshipment, tothe trade. v'In order that book'matchesfmay be Within lthe pack p by thetaperingcontour of vthe'book match.

,bookfmatches in proper,Sta'cksfhas'beerr mantjhem in boxes. By :the `presenti` invention,

h'oweveijj; a large portion offthie manual labor is accomplished mechanically, the I matches' lbeingl l'stacked v alternately and ing Such rela-Y 1 4tion that they may ,-b'e; picked ,up in bulk and Vdeposited "directly Within the final`r packages.

' Matchmaking machines,.ae ai-general rulewv Y producen fairly uniform producQ-but Kex?y Y lperiencehas Shown that Very 'smalllpe'r- 40 centage of the productof s 'uclrmachiness defectiveinone lWay or; another and-should Anot he.y -packagedij with perfect matchesinfor;v 'the trade. Y It' hasheretofore beenthe :pracl, ltice tof 'accomplish this sort-ing 5 manually.

The present invention, yho'wewfenf :provides i rfor the` automaticfsorting .-ofdefectiive matches,v so that :only the periectyproduct :isY stacked and placed? i'njpositiOvl t0 belpackaged by the packer s,.-.

The invent-ionj embodies manyfnofvel eatures f and; advantages; fulfills"'EaTIrlOng-"elt embodyiniet the present invention;

age.y jthis beingnecessitated-J Heretofore the alternate'frangingof .the

. i f Features of the iiwerrtion; other Ethan thoSe ningfthe limits offtheginvention,ff

Figure iis a: `side yelevatio'nfoff appa tus e ,accon'ip'anyingdrawings` illustratey one'- -pI'a'ctiCal-embodiment ef.,the;fin ventiim','fbutl Y the construction thereinLShoWnais tjbe-11ff .derstood as llustrative,` onlyyanjdnot aside'- Aavanti; i y

particularly Speciiied, Willbe apparent 1'iff'r'om A f theglhereinater 1 Qdetailed deseriptionj g and ,C1a1ms,f .when read.in'conjunctiony With the 'Figure '.iisgaf.longitudinal:sectionthrough i f j Figure 5 3. il i s a; fragmental traiisveree 's'ec.- f tl'onfonthe lineA of Figure "25 showing' certainapartsfin elevation-in@ the interestc'nfV clearnessg l 7;; Figurefi isy a4 seetiongon' the line ,Figure ,l fu..

the :apparatusaofFigtire 'thisyyiew'heing ness.; a fragment of Y .a A,Dilatchym'akin'gi mali-.Figuresf and 8 arefadiagrammaticwiews 'jf :illustrating: v"the -1 manner pin;-Wh'iclfi ybook I f i matches are :positioned inproper.relationtor one another.V So :that 'when f'suhequ'ently f Stacked,ytheyfwill; be. consecutivelyjin'ref"il4 Y Iversedrelationlfwithrespect:tonne-another! l I yiThe'apparatusvofythepresent .fin'vention l zi-mayebe 4,con*veniently conistructedtoi 'embodyffv `twosideiran'nes, or.'castingel;and.2 mountedg infanyf suitable-manner.;in spacedj-pa-ralleli? r :relation tofone:anotherl'by:spacersfS-and con-I` -stitutinggicolleetijelyggthe frankie` t shown infFigure.i'adapted in. -1subjlantiallyftlueh coop'eratiVf@l Y relation-j` with theEA delivery table ericonveyoiA 5 fof lthe thf'bekfmatcnesMfmade the matchs-mak ing machine are delivered into cooperative ,relation tol the apparatus of this invention.

Mounted to travel along and above the upper surface of the feed table 4 is an endless conveyor, shown as embodying a sprocket chain 6 passed around sprockets 7 and 8, and these sprockets are mounted onf arallel shafts 9 and 10, which are Ymainained in properspaced relationby means of spacing bars 11. The sprocketS is posi- OIled t Overlie the discharge table 5 of the match making machine and pusherV i fingers v12 are mounted on the chain to pro- Vject outwardly therefrom, so that as the chain is caused to travel the match books'M whichare successively moved into cooperative relation with the fingers 12, are engaged :by said finger-s and caused to traverse the feed `table 4.

l- It may be here stated that the arms ,-11 are pivoted on the shaft 9 'and that the shaft is journalled in the 'freeends' of said arms. This permitsV the free ends vof the arms to be raised,when desired, for the purpose of movthe match books on the tables5 and Noring the fingers 12 :out of cooperation with mally, however, the parts grav-itater into en- -lgagementwith the stop 13 (Figure 1) Yand with the conveyor chain `in properv cooperi lBoiA In'practfica some imperfect-l match books ative relation with .the matches to befed.

are'produced by vevery-"match making machine andit is,fof course, ,desirable that these imperfect f match books: be discarded.

- 1 TheA 'imperfections areusually' found in improper folding lof the cover of the bool; 'match ori i-n improper centeringo fi 'the Vmatch `comb within the cover. An eX- vample of the former instancev ils shown at 40.'

Mify in- Figure. Such matches, should beY removedl prior `to packagingof' the matches, and, iin accordance with this`v invention, they are removed:` prior to stacking by entirely automatic? means-positioned in the` path of the matchesoverthe feed tablei4.

f The sorting mechanism to.f which we have referred-'is shown best-in `Figures 1f, 2/and5, `-and as associated with anfopening 1'4 in the `feed'table'4. 'The sorting-mechanism cornfprises two armsl, one end' ofeacjh of# which '-i's secured to a pivot 16.y Each.l arm isjpro vided?A on its-'inner surfacew-ith ai ledge 17,

`lwhile-the lateral? edges offthe arms rise above 'Y the ledges-` 17' and' extend'inY rearwardf. directions beyond.` the rea-r` edges` of the ledges:

Thelwer edges off the extended portions offthe arms are curved as` shown at 18;.1 The arms are positioned a distance apartequal to substantially;` the w-i'dthofy a: perfecta-,book

" matchi 'Wit-hlv slight allowances: fonl clearance f andi when: such a match is. moved'by 1 the con- Y V'veyon overthetable, it willrsimply-mole between? they arms; 155 and traversej the; upper surface 0f:e the; ledges 11i-,J whichl supportvthe L match, during its passage over-theyopening 14, the match thereupon continuing` to trav-v erse the table 4 in a vdirection to the right in Figures 2 and 5. y Y f 1 If, however, an imperfect match, such, for example, as the match M of Figure 5, is moved along the table 4 that portion of the'` match which projects laterally/beyond the predetermined proper dimensions of the book will engage with the A curved surfaces 18 of one or both of the fingers 15 and, as a l match continues to move under the impulse of a conveyor linger 12, such match will beforced beneath one; or vboth of the'fingers 15 18 will immediately descend by gravity and will thus be automatically positioned to receive the neXtmateh book'. To insure proper operation of this mechanism, as wellas to vfurthe-r insure the 'proper feed of perfect matches throughout the entire ylength' of I' their travel alongl the feed table 42 said Verse section shown in Figure 6, in which a match book is shown in dotted lines. From `this figure, itrwill be noted thatl the table is provided with a longitudinal trough 19 along which the matches 'are adapted to pass. The small central depression 20, in .the base ofthis trough," provides sufficient clearance for the wire staples frequently employed in boolrmatch construction and also permitsy of proper clearance for the pusherA fingers 12.' It will' also be noted iny Figures 2 and 6 vthat the,- lower reachof thechain 6 runs .in

a channeled guide 6L which serves -net onlyI to guide the chain, but tti-preclude lifting cf the matches from the table 4.

In the machineI shown i-n the drawings, the

'match conveyor for moving'the matches along the feed table operateslat a constant speed and ,is synchronizedwithA` the opera-tions of the defeed table is-y rpreferably ofv the trans-V lili livery mechanism 5 of the associated match' A machine to insure the engagementV of the fingers 12 with the matches at desired times, thef booky matches thereafter moving-along I the feed' table 4v at a constant` speed: Itl willi be noted in. Figure 5 that the matches are deliveredrfrom the match mali? ing machine -to theV apparatus of this invention with allfof. the books .positioned inthe same manner upon. rthe delivery meansl 5, andin; matchmaking machines, it is common practice to deliver.. all-matchesin the. same manner. v For stacking, however, it isV essential that, the matches be yalternately reversed,I since thel tapering contourr'of: the

Staking. of

without' reversal thereof, along thetable 4 and delivers them in 4this manner to suitable Vmechanism for eecting thereversal o falter- 'nate matches inf order toY enable` efficient Stacking. y lVlechanis'm' for .reversing the matches'may vary Without departing from the spirit of 'theinventiom but a very satisfactor7 and 1iovel'-meansA for accomplishing g this result isillustrat-ed inthe drawings and shovvn best'in 4Figi'iresu2, 4, 7. and 8". .p

By reference toFigure 4C, it .will benoted' j that a shaft 2l extenjdstransversely through their adjacent faces are. inte'riorlyV extending ."langes'-24, the corresponding flanges onboth the lPlne of the machin@ fmdSlmlfnaue-d in' the frame elements l'and 2. On'fthis ys haftfis mounted ahub 22 fand on this hub is afliXed two circular "metallic disks A23, Which a reY jspaced apart, so thatl theiradjaceiitfaces are f spaced aparta distance substant ially; equal ,toithe Width of'a book match M. "Arranged about the margins of theseV two disks and on '."disks being of the saine shapeand complesponding anges constitute in efecta pocket adapted to receive and housey abook match.l

mentarily `positioned, Vrso lthat Y each-two .corre- These pocketsopen 'to' the outer periphery of the disks. The number .of pocketswliich These four pockets l de sig nl-ated 26,- =25` and 26a. 'Pocljiets 2 5 and 25?"areof yidentical shapeandthe' -pocketsa26 and 3 26a are fare employed may be varied5 but-in the par"- i ticfular construction shown g four are illustrated. f Y

different shapeffor reasons.` vWhichwill presently become apparent.V B oth disks are Ymounted rigid With respect-tojonefanother and to the shaft 2l' and. on oneend. o f the shaft y2l is affixed a pinion 27 Whichgmeshes `.Witha gear 28iixed on a shaft 29. The'shaft '429 is journalled for rotation the v fiance fandals'o has afixed thereto, the Wheel 30. .of i a .Geneva movement, v The l other element of the Genevamovement embodies va crank 31 carrying alpin '32 and which crankj isV mountu ed' on a shaft 33 Which extendfsi transversely l throughthe frame andcarries at itslopposite .end1 a sprocketf-34 which .constitutes the primemover ofthe apparatus. TheGreneva movement is clearlyshown in VFigureflrand i V inz'zsmuch as Geneva movements are'V vWellyknown to' the. art (We do notconsiderit nece essary to. describe it in detail,otherfthann to say that the sprocket. A3i; is ldriven Vat a Econ stantspeed and serves'fthrough the Geneva movement toj drive thefshaft 29 ntermittently. Thisjshaft 29s'erves throught the-' 4 gear .28 andthe pinion27-itz9 effecttheintermittent rotationpf the .shaft21 on Whiclfr,v the `pocket carrying :disks are fixed. It- Will be f 'I noted from igures 71 to 4 thatthe shaft 9 gear 35 fixed on theshaft9 andineshing `with a gear36 fixed on l the shaft 31. '1

All -ofthesegears,1as Well as' the Geneva `movement :are of` such ratio and the pockets 25', 2 5a and26and 26a are so positioned andthe pusher fingers 12 so. located that, as 1an pusher' finger delivers a ,matchfrom .thelend of thegl'feed table, one of the pockets ,will be match reversing A'n iechanism and the match stationary ina position. to receive' 'such L ma'tch. vI noroler that 4the principle ofoper-y ation involved .in the cooperation of they l[feeding mechanism maybe fullyunderstoomff. Y .We-Will nowdes'cribe theprinciple ofoperaf r of the-drawingsf 'relationship which ti o 1 1 Withv regardymore' particularly; to thev j i diagrammatic illustrations' 'of Figures Tand i .85

I Figureg ythe parts .lar'elshown in'r the. l exists'at the time..wh en. ODQQ theplishclffingerszl2 forces the match" pocketed rotor vis turned into the-position of l pocket 2 5 into alinement With moved ,intoj the` pocket 25 and vWhen this vend Figiirej to bring. .the. forward end/ofthe the discharge.

engages the baseof the pocket; the curvature i i thebasepermitsthe match to continue-to travelgand to assume asubstan-tially `upright positionsh'ovvn in dotted vlines inthisii'gure.r`vr Q Q fterthe match has LA.been'thus deposited and the finger 12 passes on its' Way-thev Genevamovement,` which Wezliafve?described@` also of identicalshape, althoughthemockets 25,a`nd 2 5aand 26 and 2692K@v .0f 91701101.1110@- v through:anv angle of .90 degreesto bringthef.: neXt pocket-*26%11ntoi cooperative relation, toA

Ithejtablel 4; *thef pocket v2 6a has been j moved- '..into-rthe :positions Shownv in' 'Figurer vThe :thewniatch fallsy into. thek dotted -linefpo'sitifon' fm1- A 1 It IWilli; 'be noted from lwhat 'hasbeen that the' 1 fee'd"1o`f the 25. effects the reversal feed of: the match into Sth all match', is moved 'by tlie finger 12in this 'figure intothel'pocket inftheqmanner'shovvn in fullff .1l-lines; and movedfup theinclined @bafsejof "of.thematcli'Y 1 eis; disengaged fromA the i-table', whereupon 4wherein. t-vvo matches are shovvnjinthere- -spective'pockets25;.and 26a, itvvill-,be seen'.` l

matchesQare" reversed relation* that these tonne nother.

the Geneva jmovementy again yshifts the i further operationoi the pocketedv rotor positions the pocket 26 in cooperativeJ relationy t'o the table and the `operations which were c described with reference to Vthe "pocket 26a i arel repeated in this particular` pocket; lIt

'will'y thus appear that through one complete rotation'of the lpoclieted rotor, it is charged with Amatches which' are alternately 'i reversed. 1

It is of course essential that the matches, after ybeing positionedin the pockets, are

held against inadvertent releasetherefrom Y Y j-until itis desired to discharg'etheinaiid in" order that vthe mechanism for accomplishing this result may be clearly understood, attendra'wings,and particularly the former figure.

"-'Froml this showing, it willjbe noted the r'outer periphery 'of the pocleted rotor is sur;

lrounded for an appreciable portionof-its :extent by aguard or housing 37, one end'of whichis slotted, as shown at 38vto permit 1 the pusher fingers 12 to. pass therethrough.

With the extreme forward end of the guard i' 37 oooperates'a latch 39, pivoted at 40, in such-manner that t-he'latch will be lifted by "a match during its passage into' one. of the i (pockets, but after theinatch has' passed and is .discharged'into the pocket; the latch 39 wi'llcfall iand function as a gate passage through'which the match has left `thetable.. f

` Itwill further be noted" from *Figure V2 that tothe under side of the table is'secured 1a guard' 41 which is bentl downwardlytosub* Y .staiitially conform to the shape ofthe pockfets .and 25a andis thereupon bent into substantially the arc of a circle to form.` a cam orfeccentric 42 which is eccentrically positioned' with reference to the axis of rotation i zot the pocheted rotoi. vThe lfunction of this guard' and eccentric member willbe apparent from Figure 2, and it will there be seen that, when the match-is discharged into the pocket 25,401- example, it will :tall into engagement withthe-guard 4l and be precluded'ifrom enrvrtirely, ,falling out of the open' side of the c; '.,pocliet Theeccentric portion of; the guard i is, however, in practice, made resilient; and

n thelvmatches are carried around. and ap- 'proachgfthe' pointlof i discharge which vwill presentlybe described, the guard will bear against; the. matches and lightly force them i against Athe', outerguard 37, so that'they are ,fedpositively'bypressure of the rear ends otfthe pockets into registration with the disvcharge outlet of the rotors YIn the constructionshown in the drawings,

,Il ,thegvdischargez.outlet ottherotor is in the to close the 'form of v"a vertical positionedfat the bottomv of the rotor', The walls of this passage are stationaryL with respectto'the 'rotor vand through the intermittent voperation of said rotor,fthe matches are delivered in prop erireversed,relation to this discharge passagei" By Vrei'erence to Figures 2 and 4,

however, it v will be ,noted that near the top of the discharge passage are aypair of pivot.- ed flaps 44, which', in practice', have sprlngs associated with their pivots, so as to normally hold theV in thehorizon'tal .position shown in Figure 4.

Thiiswhen one 'of the pockets of the rotor is brought into registration with' the 7discharge passage 43, Vthe match' contained in c 'pressure appliedfrto the'top of the match. tion isv` dir'ectedto lFigures2 and 4 of the j This pressureis appliedby means cfa shoe 45 (see Figure 2) which ispivotally mounted on a slidek46. Theslide is mounted for ver-l tical sliding movement in guides `47 o'njktheY wallsv of vthe discharge `passage and vis connected toV an operating arm 48`pivoted to thek frame of the machine at 49. f To the arm 49 is pivoted a Ayokev 5,0 which straddles the shaft 33 and is providedwith a'cain' follower 5l, operating in a cam track 52, formed in a 'cai'n 53 which is fixed on said lshaft 33.

' When'it is borne in mindjthat'the shaft 33 carries aprirne mover 34, it' willl be apparent thatlth'e operations of the'cam 53 will be thoroughly synchronized withthe restot` the Y operative parte of the machine. I are,-i`n practice, so arrangedv thatfat each period of dwell or rest of the" rotor, the'c'am will'ifunctilon to depress the shoe y45,"orv it is immediately preceding this time that a matchmis deposited on the flaps 44 and the vfunction of the shoe 45 is to `force the match lp ast thelviiaps and into a chute 54| associlated withthelowerv endV of the discharge.

passage 43. I Y

J'Thifs chuteor guide passage '54 is-best shown in Figure 3.l lIlere it is illustrated as connected' to the' lower end-of the discharge passage" 4'3 andV ajsfextending first in ardownward andthereafter in an upward direction `to' the ultimate' point otdischarge atop a paelrerstable 5 5.-v Y* Y I' Theadvaii-tageyotthis arrangement' is that,

- after the machine has been `'operatingA for a short time, the entire length of tlieguide fwillbe filled with matches, as shown in Figure 3,` which matches willv be under more or The partsV 'less pressure'. The natural resiliency of the book' inatch will allow it to be Ycompressed.

toan appreciableeXtent,- so that there is no possibility of suficient pressure 'being genera-te'dfat'thispointfto'cause cloggingof the finachine. jIt isdesirable', however, that the matches besuiiicientlyclose togetherv as to iso ' occupyyto facilitate manualpac'lring. A

'Y for? shipment t In order. to permit ready ac-V requiredv in this art.

Y guide is cut away, asshoivn at, at-itsdischarge end and through this opening', the op- -erator insrtshis hand to fremovefa Stack of Y -Itis tobnotedfhat byf 'Whichwe have described, the Y'I natches, are c described will be appa-rent, v but may be. fbriefly 1s` ummarized as follows;l v

'the matcl1 es ene at ya ltime to* thesorting mechanism atfyvhich pointgdefective or im- Y perfect matches areautomatically discarded i r f-trance into the rotor, the alternate lmatches 40 varef f leliveredinto lay f chute'. Which .leads to af packingtable',y and -'this chute is sol shapedas all times,r 'saidl stack being advanced 'interiy `mittently by mechanical means; Whiclifas'f` suresslight.pressureof the vstack desirable to.

,*cessible positionftofthe packer in the .exact V requireftlieshoelzto `,forcea bookpast the VAflaps and t o by this raction,l

advance all 'of thematch l'books which" have precededit. .That 'is tosay the feed of thenf stacked matches vthrough the chute is effected by. the pressure ojf .the shoe $5, This arrangement insures close .stackingof -the lmatches in kproper relation lone ,any ii other and in a condition wherein they may be readilypickedupby a packer and liftedintd theboXes during preparationof the-matches cessiof the'matches, the top of the chuteiorl manylmatc'hes at a time.

the arrangement delivered to thefchute 54Yin'alternate,re-y

"versed relation, so that they are y delivered to v the ypackerin the exact manner in Whichthey must be placedE the fboXes This arrange-,

of alternate packagesl as has vheretofore"been` `The operation of the as Matches; are ad by themahmakingfal chine into cooperative Arelation withthe conveyorl. The pusher Vlingers l2 transport-`4 .The .perfect i matches', pass. uninterruptedl'y to the pocketed rotor4 and during their en` to maintain a columnor staelzfof matches at maintain" the matches inproper relation. g v Finally the matches; are delivered into ac-f positions and relationshipwhich `they should The mechanism is simple, entirelyV positivel be'attended i by one operator. V This in v lterially re cluces' the. :cost-"incident thereto.V l

and? automatic initsfoperations7 7and may The accompanying drawings shovv the in? bodying a plurality ofI pockets'ada-ptedftobe Ybroughn by movement oli' saidmember; succ VCGSSiYely kinto position'sf tof-receive match Y books at vsaid -pointof li sc'harge`, .'alteratefl venian im *its -pfifediereiieinigte inasmuch las mechanicaltdetails may bemodiv.y

@edlwthtdeparting-from the Spirit ,Offthee lnvention, this invention stofbe 11,.IlderstodJIA tas fully/ commensurate Awith the appended claims.

l, Mechanism of t to @point ofldischargey a. movable; membe Y operable at i the point of diecharge' and-perluj-v 4 ,pockets 4'be'xin'g shaped to; receive i vthe match books, 'and la; l lt ).ll'ectionb jgiassage"` inte Whi said memberqis adapted tofsubsequentlydis charge the matches in succession in theorm- Qfi providedwithepluelityi offmaelrreceiving pockets, 'means forintermittently rotating'-if saidf member "t0 suc cessiv elyI bringthe pockets into cooperative fr elationfjwith'l itlie guide, @eine .,fqr moving,mateabpksaiongthe guide continuously and 1 vvith allv the' 'f match book'sffacing in the samedirectiongto successively r discharge the' books into .f the pockets o :tthe rotaiymember, .lille.- alternate`,"`

'pockets kof vthe rotarynr mberfar'e 'ad'ap 1 to means for -poketalmees for intermittently 'rtelthg said memberito successively-bringjthepockets 'intoggfcooperaiive ,relaegnf-"wahg- .thg-fgaiae, l means for 'moving *match ",b'ooks :along: the e guidexconauousli/l eil@ Vtthfll the' bookseaciingim ,e direction; 12o-su; cessiv'elydis'charge' the books into the p c "ckets l ofthe .rtaryfmembm the alternate' "iiQikets a yof the rotary member@ being shaped `to el'ect ks dis-jf v g1 ththfreeivingend itfiwhichythe packe Asuccessively brought" intoregister, lmeans' for -fmbodymg means for fe eding a succession,rv t .of'matchglbooks along predetermined path f Y Vmatically'e ect reversal'of the,v match books when said b oioks "areA intro-duced finto the-f v Vprecludinginadvertent disengagement of the match books fromf the rotary* member until Said Vbooks areviny alinem'entrwith the stack* `forin'ing guide, and meansffor forcibly eject# ingfthematch books romthe' pockets and int/of#cooperation With thefstack vkforming j guide. Y e

4&1 Mechanism of the 'character' described;

emb'odyingmeansfior 'feeding'aj plurality of match books in succession with ,all ofthe matchbo'oks facing-'inthe same direction, a rotary member mounted'to turnon. a fixedLk airis and provided Withvasuc'cession of 'relativelyffstationary seats adaptedjto be suc'- cess'ively brought intofcooperation with the match book feeding' means a`s*said member is rotatedgalternate seatsfbeing shaped'fto automaticallyieiiect reversal ofl the match .f matehes-facing in shaped'to receivefthebooks With'out'reversal" eck-ets *being shapedj to: autel pocktsiff I l y. c

Me hanism'ot the character described embodying'a match 'guidef an endless con! veyor "cooperating" "with f said fg'uidef" and plurality of matches sucefes'sio njfalongv the xguide and to 'discharge saidratches from thea guide With'all off/the pocketed rotor) mountedfto receive;A Vthe l matchesdis'chafgedffrom the guide and al? f ternatelpo'ckets of which rotfo'r are shaped tof f reverse the match 'books delivered thereirito'A whiltheiatermediate pockets are' 'shapes t6 receive" the "match booksA Withoutv reversal,`

' 'means foriintermittentlyg-rotating "the rotor Y t0 @necessary baagthepoekas'thereof into' VVcoope'rat ive relation ,vii'th v the disch-arge' yend? of thegude," astack-'formng gudgfrheans for'V precluding rinz'idve'rtent release of" the' Einatch books ironia-the p` ocl ets` until'V said, books are juxtaposed with the 'stack' form'- i are ln a .positionfor such"noverneiit;r

` embed'yipg matchreversng devieehavingfi 7 Mechanism of the character' described aprilarry n' or relatively immovable jpg/@kers f Without reversal.

ly 'edffand means to Ymovethe reversing' thej'sa'm-e' direction, a

yvice'"having a succession 'ofanmilarly "d posed relatively immovable" pockets adapted `to receive match books individually'ata 're-"f ceiving point@r4 With all of Athe ybooks same directiomare adapted to be successively ffed,`-"an`d meansto'movethe reversrngldevice tobring said pockets "successivelyinto-posi tion Ito receivelthe inatclrbooks, certainof Y said pockets being shaped'to effect automatic reversal oi -the books u'pon introductionfof such, books into' said pockets* and other pockets being" shaped to receive the books 8.`Mecha-nisin of the character described embodying a match reversing device havingv a plurality of relatively immovable pockets into 1which match books, 7"inthe same direction', are adaptedto'be'successivel' device `-to `bring -sai'dV pockets lsuccessively into; L

position to VreceiveV the match books; everyVV second pocket being shape'dt'o eiect aut-4v matic'y reversal oithebooks upoirintroductioh of 'such books into said pockets Aand 1thein` termedfiate` pockets beigf'shaped ,to receive" the'books Withoutlreversal. -1

9."`Mechanisin of the character' described embodying a movable matclrreversiiigfdevice having" 1f-plurality" of relatively 'im-movable holders "adaptedyto receive 'match' booksf'ii'- dividually with all the booksfacingv infthej same direction,` and means to intermittently f move said member with intermediate periods' of dwell to permitthe books'tolbeintroduce-dl into; vthe holders; certainfiof said holders being shapec'lzto 'effect automatidfr'everls'ellofA the ini atcl'r*booksl upon entry-ofthe books into said holders aiidfduring .said of:V

10j Mechanism of the character d escri bf e d 4 embod yring a movableiiiatch'-reversihg 'def books individually :at airleceiviiig po'intjxvitlif allfthe books acingfin'the sameffdii'ectiehf and' move"'the`m to a point ofdischarge, `e]ec=u torineans'at such point ci fclischarge5'i1ieaiis yto inove said reversing device;apa'stl the ceiving 'and discharge poiiits': te bringthe the match books and to thereafter conve'yfthe' books tofth'efpoint ofk discharge, certain :ofi said holider's being shaped to effect automatic; reversal Lofthe 'matchbooks upon -rec'eiptof "such booksfand otherholdersbeing "shapedfA to receive match books Witliout'reversalland;

and`-` guide j "them into' l cooperative relation 'holdersV successively into position` to receive Y means vto maintain the books in ItheVv holders) v Y v 2 l point. Y

11.*` Mechanisniof the character describedVV embodying a i rotatablel match reversing dei" in the same direction andftoniove them a" point lof 'discha`rge- Vmeans gto intermittently rotateil said device With intermediate :periods of 'dwell to permit the bo'oks'itol be introduced; into the, pocketsfand to convey themftothe point of discharge, every second pocket l pre,

, sentedat the receiving -point being' shaped to effect automatic reversalY fof; the book matches' upon; Chef entryj of, the books intov said pockets A and-: l during f, said periods of dwell, and f the intermediateg ipockets being shaped to receive books Without reversal, and

a stationary guiding element to maintain the books in the pockets, vvvhile they are being conveyed to the point of discharge and for guiding said booksv during suchl movement into cooperative relation with the ejector means at the discharge point'. Y

12. Mechanism of the character described embodying amatch reversing device comprisiiig spaced apart disks mount-nfl to rotate on a common'axis and collectively carrying match receiving pockets adapted to receive bookmatches individually, certain of said pockets being shaped to'etfect automatic reversal or" the match books upon entry .into

the pockets and other pockets being shaped to receivefhe books Without reversal.

13. Mechanism of the character described embodying a match reversing device comprising spaced apart disksmounted to rotate onl a common axisand collectively carrying "match receiving` pockets vadapted tol receive book matches individually, certain or said pockets being shaped to eect,v automatic re-. versal of the match books upon entry into 'the pockets and otherpocketsbeing shaped -to receive the books Without reversal, and

match book. guiding means positioned in the space between-said 'disks and adapted to engage with those portions of the match books which bridge said space. l Y 14. Mechanism of the character describe( embodying a match reversingy device com.

prising spaced apart disks mounted to ro- Y of thev pockets, and another guidemember positioned in the spacebetvveen the disks and adapted to engage With those portions of. the

- match books Which bridge said space, said guides cooperating to guide the matchfbooks into predetermined position at a 'discharge point.

15. Mechanism of the character described embodying spaced apart disks lmou'nted'to' rotate on a common axis and collectively, Vcarrying marginally Vdisposed pockets,7the

open sides of Which are at the peripheries of shaped toA effects-automatic reversaloi'inatclr diskslare stationary. l i, 16V.l lVlechanism.-:o;t`z the character described. l

embodylng' lspaced lapart .disks-mountedto y r Y rotateion .a Icommonaxis andcollectively 1 .books introduced; into the .pocketsvvhile the carryi'irgl`4 marginally I disposed 1 pockets, the.. Y

open si i Ofpthe disks;ertanaofSadfpOCkef/S, being ,shaped to eil'ect automaticreversal of'match books introduced into the pockets yWhile the.

es of Which are at the peripheries disks are stationary, guidemeans arranged peripherally of thev disks to. ,precludethe y match books from falling out of the pockets,

and guide meansv positioned in the space be` tween the disks and adaptedfto engagevvithl point of discharge.

17. vMechanism of the character'described embodying spaced apart disks ymounted to rotate on: a common` aXisand collectively carryingrmarginallydisposed pockets, the open sides of'which areat thej-peripheries those portions ofthe match books which f Y bridgersuch space, both of said guiding'l M means cooperating lvvith one another V,to guide the match books to la predetermined v of theA disks,` certain of said pockets being Y` shaped to effect automatic reversal of match y books introduced into the pockets While the disks are stationary, guideimeans arranged v peripherallyof' the disks: to preclude the match books from'falling outI ofthe pockets, -1

guide means positioned in thespace between. r

the -disks and adapted to engage. With-'those operating vvithV one another to guide ,the

match books to. a predeterminedpoint `of discharge, andejector means operating at the point of discharge for removing the books from the pockets.-

18. In mechanism for handling 'book' ione' Y portions of the matchbooks .which bridgef such space, both of said guiding means 'co-f matches, the combination of means for 'con-` y tinuously Y moving a plurality V*of book matches Valong a predetermined path with 4 all the match books facingV in the same dij rection, -matchf book reversing means positioned to receive saidinatches at the delivery terminusv of said'path, and sorting means in the path-of said matchfbooks to divert im properly folded match books from the re-f L versing means.

19. In' mechanism fforr'i'handling book. y

matches, thel combination of match book sorting means, match book reversing means,

and means for feeding match books fromthe i sorting means to the reversing. means.,v i I 20. In mechanism 'for 'handling .book

matches, the com binationl of match book sorting means, match book reversing means, v means for iecding match books from the sorting means to the reversing means, and

stacking means positioned to receive the matchbooks fromthereversing means.

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21. `In mechanism for 'hand-ling ibook matches, the combination yof `match book VV-re- Versing means,eonvey`ing means -or moving match books lto the reversing means with all i, 5 .the books facing 'in Ithe same direction, and

' sorting means in vkthe jpath of 'the noa-teh books to divert improperly Y'folded -matehr books 4from @the .passa-ge to the reversing means.

e W In kmechanism for`-hend1ingbook Ama.t"che`s,` lthe eombination fof ematch book sorting means, matohboo'k reversing means, Y

and Vmeans for feeding l'the `folded lma'tohi books to assortng means vand from the assorting-means to `the reversing means.

vIn testimony whereof We Shave rsigned the 

